The Pool of Knowledge

GETS is Stewarding a Culture...

When a strong community gets behind a good idea, good things can
happen. But just as important is making those good things matter and
making them last. It has to go beyond just a novel idea or a cool marketing
pitch. This is particularly true when establishing a community currency.

GETS believes before starting on your path to implement an Exchange, you need to be aware of what has been done before, what has worked and what has not worked. This takes a good amount of reading, research, thinking and talking.

There are discussion groups, websites, books, films, documents that can to help you too, we can recommend some examples below.

GETS can also provide resources from our extensive library, and of course our years of experience and knowledge.

The End of Money...

...and the future of civilations. Like
the proverbial fish who doesn't know what water is, we swim in an economy built
on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, what we don't know
is hurting us.Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly
over the past three centuries, or--as has been clear with the latest global
financial crisis--the extent to which it has become a political instrument used
to centralize power, concentrate wealth, and subvert popular government.

One From Many

"We must conceive of and help implement wholly new forms of ownership,
financial systems, and measurements, free of the attempt to monetize all values
that bind (us) to next quarter’s bottom line, gross maldistribution of wealth
and power, degradation of people, and desolation of the ecosphere, or our stories
will be increasingly immoral and destructive".

The Future of Money

A brilliantly clear-sighted analysis of how on-going money innovations in dozens of
countries around the world are proving that they can resolve key
societal problems such as: jobless growth, community breakdown, the
economic consequences of an aging society, the conflict between
short-term financial thinking and long-term sustainability, and monetary
instability itself. This book provides pragmatic solutions to each one
of these issues.

People Money, The Promise of Regional Currencies

People Money is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of
regional currencies.It shows how regional currencies can transform the lives and well-being of
local communities, how they can sustain businesses, how local authorities can
participate in their success and, consequently, why supporting regional
currencies is of vital importance to the future of your community, region or
country. It is also a comprehensive guide to the development process and
implementation of a regional currency.